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Westlife will perform a “once-in-a-lifetime” concert at Wembley Stadium in 2020.

The Irish boyband revealed the news in a post on their social media accounts earlier this morning, billing the gig as their “biggest ever in the UK”.

The announcement comes off the back of the band’s hugely successful Twenty tour which saw them play sold out shows in 13 different countries.

We’re so excited to announce we’ll be playing a once in a lifetime show at Wembley Stadium! We can't wait to see you all at our biggest ever concert in the UK Tickets go on sale Friday 20th September at 9am. Shane, Mark, Kian and Nicky x pic.twitter.com/za88hBQydd

The London concert takes place next Summer on Saturday, August 22, 2020 with no further dates currently planned for the Flying Without Wings performers.

Singer-songwriter James Morrison and girl group All Saints will serve as backup for the Irish foursome.

A new album featuring Ed Sheeran and James Bay

The Wembley announcement has created a great deal of buzz ahead of the release of the bands’s first studio album since 2010 effort Gravity.

Recorded in Los Angeles, London and Dublin the album features collaborations with Ed Sheeran, James Bay and Steve Mac. The band described Spectrum as everything that we love in music, heartfelt emotional songs and also great uptempos that are designed for our stadium performances.”

Singles Hello My Love, Better Man and Dynamite all feature on the 11-track album which is released in two months time on November 15, 2019.

How do I get tickets?

Tickets for the event go on sale next Friday (September 20) at 9am and will be available to purchase at livenation.co.uk

Pre-sale tickets will be available to Live Nation subscribers a day earlier (September 19) from 9am.

Potential set-list

The group played three sold-out shows at London’s O2 arena earlier this Summer, with a set-list featuring fan-favourites You Raise Me Up, Uptown Girl and What About Now.

Here’s the band’s set-list from their last performance in the capital:

Hello My Love
Swear It Again
What About Now
My Love
When You’re Looking Like That
Uptown Girl
Mandy
If I Let You Go
Home
Better Man
Another One Bites the Dust / Radio Gaga / I Want to Break Free / Somebody to Love / Don’t Stop Me Now / We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions (Queen cover)
I Have a Dream
Unbreakable
Fool Again
Queen of My Heart
What Makes a Man
You Raise Me Up

To coincide with the announcement of the tour, all three bands released brand new singles.

Green Day debuted ‘Father Of All…’, the lead track from their 13th studio album of the same name, which is set for release on 7 February 2020.

Fall Out Boy – who are releasing a best of collection titled ‘Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two’ in November – premiered their new single ‘Future Self (Hands Up)’, which features Wyclef Jean of all people.

Weezer – whose first two albums The Blue Album and Pinkerton remain some of the finest indie-rock records around – released ‘The End of the Game’, which will be included on their 14th studio album Van Weezer – due out in May 2020.

How do I get tickets?

Tickets for The Hella Mega Tour will go sale on 20 September from 10am.

Fans can get tickets earlier by signing up to their favourite band’s mailing list.

A pre-sale for Green Day begins on Monday 16 September through their webstore at 10am; those signed up to their mailing list will have access to tickets from 11am on the same day.

Those signed up to Fall Out Boy and Weezer’s mailing lists will gain access to tickets at 10am on 16 September.

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